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Noun

1. 1
   Obsolete spelling of parable. alt-of, countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable

   "Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares; Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears."

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"Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares; Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears."

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

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